Well, this is a mess. I watched the whole thing unfold from a safe distance, I didn’t think it was a good time to interfere but now…. everyone is underground.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPXiONTwU7
This has gotten out of hand, I think it’s more important to get my powers back instead of gaining trust from either side.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9PBSksn09G
I look towards the many pillars in the distance and wonder which one could be hiding the Essence of Zeus. Just to be safe, maybe I should go to the one Caecius is heading. Don’t want him to get his hands on such power.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBa5JcjW1NB
???: “Watch out!”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdICbK5cvJu
Moryuu: “What the-”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHaIW6owESn
I instinctively moved out of the way of the falling object which seems to be who I’ve been waiting for.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDXHWkFFag
Moryuu: “About time you showed up.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgIHYFgnQS
The seemingly young boy dusted himself off and rose to meet me face to face. Considering our situation, I’m still surprised he would wear a normal yellow t-shirt and blue jeans like we’re on some vacation. 758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnTCHyHlMPa
???: “Sorry, it was hard forcing my way in here but the portal that girl’s bird made helped a lot. Sad what happened to her.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6dUu5ZEful
Moryuu: “….Yeah.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTFsX3adNzX
???: “Well, don’t worry I’m sure her next self will be just as interesting.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE091cFS3Yc
Moryuu: “Maybe, anyway now that you’re here Talon, what’s the plan?”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSvqZxI8rAA
Talon: “Well, it seems that those guys forgot about the dolls I gave them, oh, here’s a refill on those poison vials.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnKAZbDqanT
Moryuu: “Thanks.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMy32NHCSDO
Talon: “Anyway, I think you had the right idea regarding your powers. Things are getting dicey, try not to kill any more people.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMrAsnsNWE8
Moryuu: “Alright, I’ll try. What about you?”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4jEZZdFjL5
Talon: “I’ll try to find the sleeping bodies of the fallen by teleportation. Their souls should still be in there ready for the next round.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUyiBHQltn8
Moryuu: “Right, after that maybe you can help the rest of those alive.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIhTvQhOaST
Talon: “Of course, I can’t wait to actually meet normal people. Well, except maybe Jayden since his organization is similar to mine and I don’t want to be dragged back into that environment.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiUxwCEYKQW
Moryuu: “Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOTC3I4GCKf
Talon: “Never time for a joke to lighten the mood I guess.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrmv1f7DBHw
Talon raises his hands and a yellow portal appears beside me.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRFopN94Fzu
Talon: “It’s way easier to open portals inside this place than outside. This should take you to where Caecius is, be careful. Get your powers and leave, I can’t have either of you dying.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfd4gROtSnd
I guess my powers are in the pillar Caecius was heading towards... terrific. 758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKNRTekyRn
Moryuu: “You too, don’t mess with the Umbra Lord Gideon.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeiJJKq51Fi
Talon: “You find him interesting?”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2HAwb3mpJS
Moryuu: “I want a rematch with him after I get my powers back….and you’re no match for him. He’d rip you apart.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzHcqX4knm
Talon grabs his chest in a dramatic manner resembling the melodrama I attempted in my alter ego. 758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy6hpEjtybp
Talon: “You wound me good man, don’t worry If it’s one thing I’m good at it’s teleporting away.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBnMzcvXAj2
I nod and enter the portal to find myself in a near pitch-black structure. There are glimmers of blue light to the right and left of me. 758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8HHfJM0UT
I steel myself for the journey and take the right path, listening closely to see if Caecius is near.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeRJHFz9fBE
A wind mage is too much trouble for me now, especially since he can suffocate me which is pretty high level. 758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUPb9zVB9O4
I creep through the dark corridor to come across the blue light from earlier that’s coming from a weirdly floating lantern. Suddenly the Flame begins to dance around and playfully flies deeper into the structure. 758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzw5Jho8FuR
Moryuu: “I guess you want me to follow you.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwU0sJfzNS0
I follow close behind the strange lantern until we find ourselves to what I imagine is the center of the pillar. 758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ol5RHb13l
Blue light shines from the top that reveals another sharper pillar in the center of the room with 2 lanterns adorned on 2 of the corners. I guess this little guy is one of them but where’s the last one. 758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9yMmRILTr
*Footsteps*758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv0EPpyJ21c
I dash to the nearest hiding place within the cracks of the jagged walls. As expected, Caecius comes walking in with the last lantern. I guess they don’t care who comes in.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsdAdTZoKFV
Caecius: “I feel powerful energy here, perhaps it’s really here. Surely it must be fate if I’ve found it so quick.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLoo2L1niE6
He inspects the sharp pillar in the center, searching for a way to unlock the contents of it I gather. I can’t let him get Zeus’s Essence.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsnDY9Yk2fy
I’ll find a way to get the jump on him, maybe there’s a way to scale the walls. 758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Y4fgvP6qv
Caecius: “Mmmm?”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURJ9TpMOwB
I guess that makes too much noise, now what?758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPkQlKTLsk
Caecius: “I know someone is there, come out or I’m coming to you.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ80thxx0eEg
Unless I have Zeus’s Essence it will be too risky to fight him. I come out of my hiding spot with my hands up.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoR3CTdxDlg
Caecius: “So it’s you, the mysterious man. What do you want, come to fight?”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrROcRHoWGz
Moryuu: “Not really, I’ve come looking for something.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2MnGp2akvX
Caecius: “Oh, and what would that be.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡChfxCHzuhF
Moryuu: “Something that belongs to me.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxMHJcV2zgm
Caecius: “Depending on what that thing is, I might have to kill you.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3q8O2xtbts
Moryuu: “I expected as much.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ91WNxHu6MB
This is going smoother than I thought. 758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ75ima4ql78
Moryuu: “!!”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGPfBvXzNFx
Is what I thought until he shot a blade of air near my face, leaving a cut. 758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzj6wu3Gw0j
Caecius: “There’s something else I need to know from you, who are you, and what’s your purpose?”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDmRjbGej8
Moryuu: “Is that all, do you want fries with that?”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomu8JZcIKV
Caecius: “*Glare*”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOpNpze073i
Moryuu: “I have no problem telling you the truth about this place, I wonder though if you’ll believe me.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3DXT2it5NZ
Caecius: “No harm in trying.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy7FlLfkvsm
Moryuu: “Fine, the first part of the info dump is the fact that this is not the afterlife.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlFdWswBAbK
Caecius: “!!”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV8MMONHjlt
Caecius: “Explain.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj6LitoU4u9
Moryuu: “I don’t know if your world has something similar but what we’re standing on is actually a dead eldritch god.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL9DjzDwkqm
Caecius: “But….why and how are there dead people here?”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRz7l9QdS3P
Moryuu: “Well, an acquaintance says that the nature of this god is to drag souls from other afterlives into this realm that seems like one but with an added twist. Time loops, every time someone dies and comes back, a part of their soul feeds the god and with enough energy, it will revive and cause massive damage to our universes and much more.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0yhR8GB2o
Caecius: “….”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSr7dBNN8e
Moryuu: “Don’t believe me huh?”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7nsbbrnAJg
Caecius: “So you’re saying we’ve all died multiple times, came back in the warehouse without much power, and then did the whole thing again but slightly different.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2dNrwRLwpx
Moryuu: “Yep, well, everyone except the Umbras for some reason.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP9OQ51zvlM
Caecius: “Impossible, this is too outrageous to believe!”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjbkjjU02Ba
Moryuu: “Have you ever wondered why shifts happen?”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMsm3v3pZZC
Caecius: “….”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5QkKfoFdo
Moryuu: “That’s the beast stirring, my job is to keep everyone from dying and maybe work together to do enough damage to it so it loses all the energy it’s been building up. After that, everyone can go back to where they belong.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMyByLNQ8HU
Caecius: “Let’s say I believe you, why are you here instead of babysitting everyone else?”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwtPSC6DGm
Moryuu: “Because there’s an item of great power that can help me do my job.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXO3jp6c90
Caecius: “….”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTmADB5vWZy
Caecius: “Sorry, I can’t risk believing you.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxDkuhv8jfg
He swipes his hands and shots a wide blade of air towards me and I narrowly dodge out of the way.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡToVZt1qydN
Moryuu: “I knew it, never trust a mage, especially one hellbent on bringing back the dead.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdNoqJ6QoJ
Caecius: “It can be done!”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3KslKRT6CO
Moryuu: “Maybe, but the dead should rest.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWvl2D5RinT
Caecius: “Silence!”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9l44Zz1QZn
Caecius continually blasts out wave after wave of air blades but I dodge them all. Still, it’s hard to maneuver in this-758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaHNhhLPqf1
Moryuu: “!!!!”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqWOsXVdZI
I'm….suffocating!758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47IXdJnDij
Caecius: “Enough of this game, I’ll kill you and get what I've come for.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbopncbumQm
I throw 3 daggers at him and he blocks it with air but it did break his spell. 758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwoGWr2X3W0
Moryuu: “*Cough* *Cough*”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBfOdFPwoVL
Moryuu: “I guess you need concentration for that huh?”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPSl73jGCRp
Caecius: “I don’t need it to kill you.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsvbUEY9X5t
He shoots more air blades but I jump high up onto the few bars that line the ceiling corners. I let loose more daggers at him from above but he blocks them again.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5yYNr7AFz
Caecius: “It’s useless!”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNQpUSrpAK
Moryuu: “Is it?”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJiEMuBvFsn
I close my eyes, breathe, and take out my tonfas. I jump down and slam into the ground causing a small crater. 758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXCTtuA90GM
Caecius: “You’re going to fight me with melee weapons, fool.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5BB9p74Uc8
Caecius shots a dozen or so air blades at me but I stay still….and listen.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6mMo0LJISx
The slight movements in the air, the whirling sound of blades, and the split second before impact.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4U5X1RdwXB
My instincts flair up to prepare for the assault.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJDfcY3oGZO
…758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Qk5JsX60X
..758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFi0J9ypUbF
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NOW!758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡej6kNMQFsX
*Slash*758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiTTKyTs1jf
*Slash*758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuX4qbZD1EC
*Slash*758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFr9pEFUom1
Caecius: “Wha, how!”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡng6TwORkOx
I knocked away all the blades of air, probably causing large gashes in the wall behind me. I was still cut all over but nothing vital has been damaged. 758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5UPWueIYO
Moryuu: “What’s wrong, I guess you’re not the best wind user out there.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAUWSUXQr9w
Caecius: “You!”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBgBO5h8fSi
I keep my eyes closed and anticipated the assault of air blades.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudGB1VHZaM
I dash forward and reflect the dangerous ones away right before they touch my body while letting others past my defenses so I can keep going.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwuyGJjAaQJ
Despite the many injuries, I make it right in front of Caecius and hit him in the gut with my Tonfa bypassing his wind barrier. 758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMi71odsmQ5
Caecius: “GAH!”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQ2Z6Yf7zx
He’s sent flying into the wall, still-758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrSlMxHOf8k
Moryuu: “Tch.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFNEz8m3N0S
I’m not that well off either, I’m breathing heavily and I don’t think that finished the job. Damn, I should have attached an Anti-Magic Dagger to my Tonfa. 758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMXPdw131Pa
Caecius: “*Cough* *Cough*”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQJ8Ti1h3e
Caecius: “No more playing around, I’m going to…oh my god.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUxqUdJN3Q
Moryuu: “What?”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqO0fFjJcR4
I look towards what he’s staring at and behold, there’s the flask of Zeus’s Essence and….something else floating in the air. All where the pillar once stood, I guess it was sliced to bits during the fight.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZcjQicIPWV
Caecius: “The Eye….”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpwHMmYucUe
He dashes to the object and I jump too, he can’t have either of them. Whatever the eye is it can’t be good if he has it. 758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqm7PCukuog
He shoots a powerful blunt blast of air towards me which pushes me away but I throw 2 daggers at him and 1 from the blunt side at the flask as I fall. 758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIjusNyIOcj
The flask falls to the ground safely but Caecius grabs the eye. I shake off the pain of the fall and push towards the flash while he’s distracted. 758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz7H5P9iCu0
Caecius: “At last, I’m closer to my goal. Wait for me….Nieth.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvhmNPyrmwc
Caecius: “It’s over Moryuu, now that I’m this close to my goal there’s no way I’m losing to you.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcL4pJgEUl5
Moryuu: “Maybe before, but not now.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQEGIds8yF
Caecius: “What’s that, a potion of some sort? That’s not going to help you here.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAleilvnXPz
Moryuu: “Well, allow me to surprise you.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1BQezW0Oj1
[ Music Plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL5Y5HvOlE ]758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUBqNoIUaLI
I down the entire flask and instantly, I can feel the power of lightning coursing through me again.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGaziFNzu0u
I’m lifted into the air, my body is electrocuted from within and I begin to feel the almost unbearable pain battering my bleeding body.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYVKAQsJyGK
I’ve survived this before, I-I’ll....survive ...again!758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1CppmaYDD1
Soon enough, the pain subsides and the real power begins to form within. 758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHHIwbVwzjb
My wounds heal and azure lightning strikes all around scorching the area around me.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKl5wb0Fsal
I float back down, my eyes shoot open to reveal a deep light blue color change and I push back my hair. 758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRg22ZHdREH
Moryuu: “Bow, you’re in the presence of a God.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCzpmsFAJG9
Caecius: “Wha-What are you!?”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndcXHpoSJk
I blitzed past him in the form of lightning and grab the eye before he could register what happened.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSOt1krunqy
Moryuu: “The winner of this battle.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWl3smO3NIR
He hurried to fling more air blades towards me but I block them all with a lightning shield. 758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAhJKKMBDj7
Moryuu: “Normally I’d kill a mage like you but I have a mission to complete, give up.” 758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1WASw6IMSn
Caecius: “I can’t….I need that eye….”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5XSH0WjZfu
Moryuu: “She’s dead, let her rest.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4Mqw8MtKi
Caecius: “Rest? How can she rest?! She was killed before my eyes by the scum of the earth! Even if I have to move heaven and earth, I will give her the life she deserved.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ68tDevVZbv
Moryuu: “I’ve lost loved ones too, but I would not disgrace their memory and name by dragging them back from the dead.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl5w8jLtzdd
Caecius: “Tch….”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHWIh592AKO
Moryuu: “There are few things I hate more than Necromancy. That’s why I’m going to kill Shadow for not only betraying me but because he dabbles in such dark arts.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLml1kCF6NY
Moryuu: “We’re done here, I don’t want to kill you and you’re no match for me. I’m leaving here with the eye, maybe you should think about what I said.”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWr00RGoSjk
I turn my back on Caecius and head towards the exit of this place. Now that I have my powers back, I can move around the place a lot faster and help everyone stay alive better. Well, everyone except Gideon and Shadow. 758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9AtHMfLvPB
Caecius: “No….No….I can’t lose her again!!!”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpzsmdy1Wvk
I turn around to see Caecius conjuring up a large mass of magical wind that would do nothing to me but would probably collapse the place. 758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTXJYaxdnFV
Caecius: “Die!!”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmgUlb6RNzY
He throws it at me, I know it won’t hurt me but….my killing instinct involuntary kicked in anyway.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhkjKckGXfx
Moryuu: “You Fool!”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo15KjMhEAP
I shoot a powerful blast of lightning that rips through his wind and then through him causing a massive hole in the wall that leads outside and collapses a couple of buildings too.758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ29DgEAoyz2
In the end, Caecius collapses on the ground charred black and….probably dead. 758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00sZSWOWXB
Moryuu: “….Damn it, why didn’t you give up….”758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD6Edg1lfeV
1 Day Till Shift758Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS39lAdxyeR
